Lewis Hamilton Battles Charles Leclerc at Madring Circuit

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have wasted no time in getting back on track after last weekend's British Grand Prix. The Ferrari duo took to the new home of the Spanish Grand Prix to test out the Madring circuit, and it appears they couldn't even let their competitive nature rest for a single week.

As part of a filming day orchestrated and paid for by Ferrari, Hamilton and Leclerc were the first to debut F1 machinery on the recently built Madring track in Madrid. The brand new circuit and its surrounding facilities have been under construction for over a year, with the organisers admitting with just months to go that they may have to work through the night in order to be finished on time.

Having won the ninth round of the championship, Leclerc has now moved closer to Hamilton in the drivers' standings, with only 11 points separating Leclerc from third place, which his seven-time champion team-mate is currently clinging onto. The battle between the two Ferrari drivers is heating up, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out in the coming weeks.

The Spanish Grand Prix was previously held in Barcelona, but that round has been and gone and was renamed the Barcelona-Catalunya GP to make way for the race in Madrid later this year. The 14th race weekend of the year will begin with FP1 on Friday, September 11 at 13:30 local time (CEST) and will conclude with the main event on Sunday, September 13. Lights out for the Spanish GP will be at 3pm CEST.

**Ferrari's star F1 driver duo of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have wasted no time in getting back on track after last weekend's British Grand Prix.** It was Leclerc, not home hero Hamilton who managed to secure victory in the main event at Silverstone last time out, bringing an end to the Monegasque's win drought which lasted 624 days.

**The Scuderia posted a video of the two battling it out on social media.** In the clip, Hamilton could be seen in the cockpit of his F1 machinery whilst Leclerc had swapped duties to take on the role of filming car pilot. As Hamilton raced around the outside of the filming vehicle driven by his team-mate, the Ferrari social media admin appeared to be on edge, captioning the video: "We definitely didn’t get nervous…"

**Leclerc warned Hamilton: "LH, don't push me," before letting out laughter.** The camera panned round to Leclerc to show the F1 star locked in on the job at hand, as he took on the role of filming car pilot.

**The Spanish Grand Prix will take place on September 13.** The 14th race weekend of the year will begin with FP1 on Friday, September 11 at 13:30 local time (CEST) and will conclude with the main event on Sunday, September 13. Lights out for the Spanish GP will be at 3pm CEST.